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they used it against bill clinton but they used it against barack obama. i don't think any voted for the stimulus bill in the house and maybe one or two in the senate. the president knows how to get big legislation passed the congress. although the american people would like bipartisanship, the republicans are not inclined to do that so we're on our own. that's a good thing. now we can get down to business of seriously drafting a bill that will work. this is really not a left versus right issue or a liberal issue. i'm not in this because i'm an ideological left winger. if i were, i would be for single-payer. i'm in this because this works. they can go to the public option or stick with the private insurer. >> there are a lot of democrats dpis pinted thinking the president haven't been strong enough on the public option. is it time in your opinion for him to step up and tell the grassleys of the world this is where we're going to go on health care reform. you're either with us or you're against us because this is where the american people are. what do you t
they used it against bill clinton but they used it against barack obama. i don't think any voted for the stimulus bill in the house and maybe one or two in the senate. the president knows how to get big legislation passed the congress. although the american people would like bipartisanship, the republicans are not inclined to do that so we're on our own. that's a good thing. now we can get down to business of seriously drafting a bill that will work. this is really not a left versus right issue...
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i'll be using the 3g at&t laptopconnect card. he won't. so i can browse the web faster, email business plans faster. all on the go. i'm bill kurtis and i'm faster than floyd mayweather. (announcer) switch to the nation's fastest 3g network and get the at&t laptopconnect card for free. just because they're inside you doesn't mean they're protected. oh, ladies. let's say you have osteoporosis. i do. you could be losing bone strength. can i get it back? (announcer) ask your doctor how to help treat osteoporosis with once-a-month actonel. actonel is clinically proven to help increase bone rength to help prevent fractures. so you can get back some of what you lost. do not take actonel if you have low blood calcium, severe kidney disease, or cannot sit or stand for 30 minutes. follow all dosing instructions. stop taking actonel and tell your doctor if you experience difficult or painful swallowing, chest pain or severe or continuing heartburn. promptly tell your doctor if you develop severe bone, joint or muscle pain, or if you develop dental pr
i'll be using the 3g at&t laptopconnect card. he won't. so i can browse the web faster, email business plans faster. all on the go. i'm bill kurtis and i'm faster than floyd mayweather. (announcer) switch to the nation's fastest 3g network and get the at&t laptopconnect card for free. just because they're inside you doesn't mean they're protected. oh, ladies. let's say you have osteoporosis. i do. you could be losing bone strength. can i get it back? (announcer) ask your doctor how to...
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those of us that are not by seniority in the room. i think, for example, that when people looked at those early reports that you have to spend over a trillion dollars just to expand the coverage on medicaid people. and they back it up that everybody can have choices like members of congress for the amount of money that we're spending today. so i do think that we've got a chance over the next few weeks to get a lot of second and third looks and numbers of senators come up to me and say you've got a better chance to talk about insurance. they can reject the coverage that they have. if they want to and get a better deal. >> everything that i'm hearing from the democrats and republicans is an echo of what we heard in 1994. i don't see the root from here to the finish line. i don't see how it's different from 1994. can you tell me now what factors are new in 2009 that can get you across the finish line and actually legislate something here? >> in 1993 and 1994, larry, you remember this, you didn't have a by partisan bill that provided univ
those of us that are not by seniority in the room. i think, for example, that when people looked at those early reports that you have to spend over a trillion dollars just to expand the coverage on medicaid people. and they back it up that everybody can have choices like members of congress for the amount of money that we're spending today. so i do think that we've got a chance over the next few weeks to get a lot of second and third looks and numbers of senators come up to me and say you've...
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we just happened to know how to use them. we just happened to build a country, a mightity arsenal that defended democracy around the world almost a century and it was all an accident. that is absolutely not true. we people. and they talked about rights. and i want to get back to this. i will get back to this. one of the things that i find to be a hair-raising experience, fig ratively speaking, of course is the idea and you hear this from the left and hear it sometimes from people on our side of the aisle, will talk about health care as a right. people have a right to health care. it sounds good. people don't want to see people denied health care. but it is a fundamentally flawed argument and fundamentally against what actually built america for prosperity. and let me explain this. you look at the founding documents of the nation and the first one is the declaration of independence. and in that document, they talk about unalienable rights and list four, life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness and the right to change the govern
we just happened to know how to use them. we just happened to build a country, a mightity arsenal that defended democracy around the world almost a century and it was all an accident. that is absolutely not true. we people. and they talked about rights. and i want to get back to this. i will get back to this. one of the things that i find to be a hair-raising experience, fig ratively speaking, of course is the idea and you hear this from the left and hear it sometimes from people on our side of...
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i think a lot of us, you look at him and he is just such a main stay, and to think he is the only kennedy brother who died of natural causes is so jarring. just to remember sort of the legacy of the kennedys. >> carried the torch of the brothers as president obama said. >> the 50th anniversary of profiles and courage, his brother jack kennedy had written, and, you know, when you talk about a family and a legacy and touching peep, it really is quite amazing. >> and watching jamie gangel's interview with he and his wife, you saw the imaginics between those two, and you see her pulling him out of some of his darker days, and when you watch those two sitting on the couch next to one another, i saw the magic between them. you totally understood their relationship and how it worked. >> a life marked by tragedy but often so much triumph, as well. and now matt lauer has a look at senator kennedy's life and legacy. >> the work goes on, the cause endures. the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die. >> edward kennedy's hopes and dreams of becoming president were never realized. dashed in la
i think a lot of us, you look at him and he is just such a main stay, and to think he is the only kennedy brother who died of natural causes is so jarring. just to remember sort of the legacy of the kennedys. >> carried the torch of the brothers as president obama said. >> the 50th anniversary of profiles and courage, his brother jack kennedy had written, and, you know, when you talk about a family and a legacy and touching peep, it really is quite amazing. >> and watching...
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they manipulate us. years a, go people like that would have been taken behind the woodshed and slapped upside the head a couple of times. >> and this guy goes up on the stump with republican candidates. republicans ought to be ashamed of themselves for listening to this guy. he has no knowledge of the issues so he's resorting to cowardly threats present promoting physical violence against the speaker of the house. that's some seriously dangerous "psycho talk." >>> coming up on "the ed show," at the bottom of the hour, nbc news has an exclusive new poll strictly, strictly on health care. we'll break it wide open. and see what kind of damage the right wing town hall crazies have done. >>> plus, he's back. again? brett favre just picked up by the minnesota vikings. the fans stormed the complex today and a former all-pro says that he'll be starting in the exhibition season by this friday night. that's coming up in my "playbook." [ female announcer] the deeper you clean, the cleaner you feel. olay deep cleans
they manipulate us. years a, go people like that would have been taken behind the woodshed and slapped upside the head a couple of times. >> and this guy goes up on the stump with republican candidates. republicans ought to be ashamed of themselves for listening to this guy. he has no knowledge of the issues so he's resorting to cowardly threats present promoting physical violence against the speaker of the house. that's some seriously dangerous "psycho talk." >>>...
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we cannot permit a safe haven for planning against us from the al qaeda who got us on 9/11. that's the real objective. >> you're willing to give up american lives on an open-ended policy, and also billions of dollars, we don't know how long we're going to be there -- this is iraq all over again, isn't it? >> no, i made it very clear, when i was director of defense policy at the white house and clinton administration we always had an exit strategy. >> okay, so -- >> let the public know, are we succeeding or not? and our public needs -- it's why i voted for that amendment jim mcgovern submitted and it failed to pass the house of representatives. we didn't even have enough democrats for it. we need a measurement of our success or failure so then we can make a decision, is it worth it? we don't have it. >> former admiral congressman joe sestek, thanks so much. >> thanks for having me, ed. >> for me on this let's turn to our panel. writer and commentator nancy giles with us tonight. political health reporter for "the huffington post" sam stein. former special assistant to preside
we cannot permit a safe haven for planning against us from the al qaeda who got us on 9/11. that's the real objective. >> you're willing to give up american lives on an open-ended policy, and also billions of dollars, we don't know how long we're going to be there -- this is iraq all over again, isn't it? >> no, i made it very clear, when i was director of defense policy at the white house and clinton administration we always had an exit strategy. >> okay, so -- >> let...
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has progress taken us to a better place? i'd say it's taken us for a ride. honestly, what thanks do we owe progress? we're up to our necks in landfill, and down to the wire in resources and climate change is out to get us. that's why progress plays no role inside post shredded wheat. here, we put the "no" in innovation. post original shredded wheat is still just the one simple, honest ingredient which naturally comes with vitamins, minerals and fiber. all we did was make it spoon size. did we go too far? >>> the influential lefty website daily kos has recently commissioned some polling from a respected nonpartisan firm called research 2000. and the result, especially combined with new hot data that we just got from the new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll, they're like a cypher machine for decrypting what seems like inexplicable, retractible ignorance on display in the fight over health care this summer. the poll asked people, for example, whether or not they believe that health care reform is a secret plot to kill people. this is the research 2000 poll.
has progress taken us to a better place? i'd say it's taken us for a ride. honestly, what thanks do we owe progress? we're up to our necks in landfill, and down to the wire in resources and climate change is out to get us. that's why progress plays no role inside post shredded wheat. here, we put the "no" in innovation. post original shredded wheat is still just the one simple, honest ingredient which naturally comes with vitamins, minerals and fiber. all we did was make it spoon...
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. >> nbc's mike viqueira joins us live from the white house. mike, set the scene, how excited was the white house today and just set the overall mood for us there. >> reporter: i think they're very pleased. you saw the president come out and make a very brief statement in the diplomatic room on the first floor of the white house today where he made reference to that biography that you mentioned, david. of course, sonia sotomayor up from a bronx housing project. they had diabetes at a young age. lost her father at a young age. wept on to princeton, yale law school, has served for years on the court after serving in other capacities as an attorney before going up to the federal bench. it is said by her supporters that she has more judicial experience than any previous nominee in american history, and the president says he is filled with pride at this achievement in reference to the fact that this is the first hispanic member of the united states supreme court, and she will begin her term -- actually she will sit on a case heard in september, an e
. >> nbc's mike viqueira joins us live from the white house. mike, set the scene, how excited was the white house today and just set the overall mood for us there. >> reporter: i think they're very pleased. you saw the president come out and make a very brief statement in the diplomatic room on the first floor of the white house today where he made reference to that biography that you mentioned, david. of course, sonia sotomayor up from a bronx housing project. they had diabetes at...
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joining us now is jamie rubin. thanks for joining us. john boulton, a hardliner in the bush administration, said bill clinton's efforts does exactly what we always try to avoid doing with terrorists. encouraging their bad behavior. your reaction? >> well, i think on a humanitarian level, obviously the families of those journalists freed would disagree with mr. boulton. look, the bush people had a very different view. they didn't want to talk to north korea. they didn't want to do business with north korea, and the result was north korea became a nuclear weapon state on their watch. they exploded a nuclear weapon. president obama came into office saying he was going to pursue diplomacy where he thinks it could achieve results. this is a perfect way to test the willingness of north korea to change its policies. first and foremost, by getting these two individuals out of jail and back home and, secondly, it may be that north korea has a message for the new president about what it's willing to do in terms of coming in from the cold, from the
joining us now is jamie rubin. thanks for joining us. john boulton, a hardliner in the bush administration, said bill clinton's efforts does exactly what we always try to avoid doing with terrorists. encouraging their bad behavior. your reaction? >> well, i think on a humanitarian level, obviously the families of those journalists freed would disagree with mr. boulton. look, the bush people had a very different view. they didn't want to talk to north korea. they didn't want to do business...
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joining us on the phone now, minneapolis star tribune writer david channon. thanks for oning us. what's happened to the officers involved? >> nothing. back when the incident occurred, a supervisor and the watch commander for the evening, they reviewed the video and in their report they said that the use of force was not unreasonable, so they have never been disciplined, they were never suspended until this video reappeared or appeared. it was a done deal as far as the department was concerned. but now the case is going to go beyond the fbi, the internal affairs unit and training unit will also be looking at it so there still could be discipline to some of these officer. >> in addition to the video we're watching, there's also some audio at least because the report i read, daryl, felt uncomfortable when this stop was about to happen when he saw he was being pulled over and he called his girlfriend. got her voice mail and so some of the altercation is caught on a voice mail tape, correct? >> that is correct. >> does that piece together more of what happened here? >> a little bit. i
joining us on the phone now, minneapolis star tribune writer david channon. thanks for oning us. what's happened to the officers involved? >> nothing. back when the incident occurred, a supervisor and the watch commander for the evening, they reviewed the video and in their report they said that the use of force was not unreasonable, so they have never been disciplined, they were never suspended until this video reappeared or appeared. it was a done deal as far as the department was...
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that's the world these folks operate in, and so it's going to be vital for us to use any means at our disposal basically to achef achieve our objective. >> any means at our disposal. if i was an operative and heard that i would feel fairly liberal in what i was allowed to do to get info from the bad guys. >> i agree with you, and i don't know what happened, but i presume, i think most of this town presumes that the vice president took a very active role in overseeing the whole security side of the operation, and, of course, as you remember, there were tremendous bal thes between him and some elements of the cia that were opposed and he was trying to set up alternative venues for advancing various intelligence efforts. so, yeah, i don't think there's any doubt. we'll find out when he comes with his book, but of course he was deeply, deeply involved at trying to do that, and i'm glad he was obviously. i think that we were in an extraordinarily dangerous situation. in the months or year or no immediately before 9/11, we had no idea. now we have some kind of context. >> so if anybody is p
that's the world these folks operate in, and so it's going to be vital for us to use any means at our disposal basically to achef achieve our objective. >> any means at our disposal. if i was an operative and heard that i would feel fairly liberal in what i was allowed to do to get info from the bad guys. >> i agree with you, and i don't know what happened, but i presume, i think most of this town presumes that the vice president took a very active role in overseeing the whole...
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you can send your question to us. we'll do our best to get an answer for you from a credible source go. to twitter.msnbc.com or we've got a new facebook page. just search tamron hall and david shuster and we'll get that to you. >>> another major story we are fouling. at least 70 people are dead and hundreds missing after a powerful typhoon slammed into taiwan and then battered china's east coast. in taiwan military helicopters have been rescuing villagers from remote xhubts hit by massive flooding and mudslides. the typhoon jumped as much as 80 inches of rain and compounding the tragedy, a helicopter crashed into a mountain during a rescue mission. the pictures are simply breathtaking, bridges washed away, homes toppled, hundreds of people may have been buried alive by some of the mudslides. in china officials say flooding and mudslides damaged or destroyed more than 10,000 homes. 1.5 million people have been forced to evacuate. joining us is albert yew from world vision. how bad is it? what is the situation like that
you can send your question to us. we'll do our best to get an answer for you from a credible source go. to twitter.msnbc.com or we've got a new facebook page. just search tamron hall and david shuster and we'll get that to you. >>> another major story we are fouling. at least 70 people are dead and hundreds missing after a powerful typhoon slammed into taiwan and then battered china's east coast. in taiwan military helicopters have been rescuing villagers from remote xhubts hit by...
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he did it by letting us know that he believed in us so we should believe in ourselves. he taught by example and with love. he showed us how to keep going no matter how hard things were, to love each other, no matter how mad we got, and weep working for what we believed in. he never told us what to do, he just did it himself and we learned from his example. though it was sometimes overshadowed by his other gifts, teddy was a creative spirit. he loved painting and singing in the natural world and the sea. he was always looking for new ways to bring people together to make a better world, to get things done. he was always doing things that other people could have done, but he was somehow the one who did it. this is true in the senate as we heard tonight, as it is in our family. i thought the i would tell you a little bit about one of the less known examples, his creation of the annual family history trips. visiting historical sites was something anyone can do, but teddy made it something special. he realized a family re-up-on was wasted if it was just a cookout, so he made
he did it by letting us know that he believed in us so we should believe in ourselves. he taught by example and with love. he showed us how to keep going no matter how hard things were, to love each other, no matter how mad we got, and weep working for what we believed in. he never told us what to do, he just did it himself and we learned from his example. though it was sometimes overshadowed by his other gifts, teddy was a creative spirit. he loved painting and singing in the natural world and...
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they don't remember us. ted kennedy's office had some of the best case work in the senate. >> how do you explain a guy of teddy's potential in terms of being able to walk anywhere in the world, dine with royalty, an international celebrity from the time he was in his teens practically. we had chris dodd on a few moments ago. this fellow who just passed away really like the constituent service. he liked it when the mayor called him and said we have a problem with the bridge, we need some money. teddy seemed to like to do those jobs. >> he did, and how different it was from jack who would have been bored by it or bobby who thought for a time of running for governor of massachusetts and said, i don't want to sit in the state house deciding on sewer contracts. he was a regular guy. he was an extrovert. he loved to connect with people, and maybe, chris, it had to do with the fact that, you know, as a small child, he knew franklin roosevelt and winston churchill. you can't go very far up from there. so he wasn't r
they don't remember us. ted kennedy's office had some of the best case work in the senate. >> how do you explain a guy of teddy's potential in terms of being able to walk anywhere in the world, dine with royalty, an international celebrity from the time he was in his teens practically. we had chris dodd on a few moments ago. this fellow who just passed away really like the constituent service. he liked it when the mayor called him and said we have a problem with the bridge, we need some...
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it's how it used. to bring guns to public meetings makes a statement about your sense that the government is the enemy, not potentially but is the enemy. your thoughts on that, ann? >> especially after we just had an actual election. this is not, you know, it's sort of unimaginable at this point that he's seen in just a short span of time from, you know, however many months now he's been in office that he's gone from being the president who is elected, elected with a higher percentage than previous presidents had been. he's now being compared to a nazi -- compared to a fascist at some of town hall events and is the subject of this kind of violent talk. it's kind of a sort of stunning development over such a short span of time. >> let me ask you, jonathan, you studied politics, both of you two. at what point does the republican party
it's how it used. to bring guns to public meetings makes a statement about your sense that the government is the enemy, not potentially but is the enemy. your thoughts on that, ann? >> especially after we just had an actual election. this is not, you know, it's sort of unimaginable at this point that he's seen in just a short span of time from, you know, however many months now he's been in office that he's gone from being the president who is elected, elected with a higher percentage...
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what will it get us. it's certainly frustrating to a lot of the progressives who can't understand what the white house is waiting for and look up and see the republican attacks and don't see the white house getting anything for this talk about bipartisanship. >> true. >> we'll see. monica, we have breaking news. itn is now reporting abdel ali ma gra had i the person being held in scotland for so many years for the bombing of pan am flight 103 is going to be released overnight. scottish officials are notifying news organizations the decision will be made later. he will be released. so many americans were killed in december of 1988 when pan am flight 103 was blown out the sky and he was the only person essentially held accountable for it. joining us with reaction is kathleen flynn who's son died in the bombing. kathleen, first of all, it must be heart wrenching to hear this news. >> it's absolutely unbelievable. i mean, we're having a hard time facing this reality. it does not seem possible that any country
what will it get us. it's certainly frustrating to a lot of the progressives who can't understand what the white house is waiting for and look up and see the republican attacks and don't see the white house getting anything for this talk about bipartisanship. >> true. >> we'll see. monica, we have breaking news. itn is now reporting abdel ali ma gra had i the person being held in scotland for so many years for the bombing of pan am flight 103 is going to be released overnight....
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emily heil joins us from washington. is this a sign of desperation when someone whose parents gave $100,000 to his mistress is now trying to make some comparisons to bill clinton? >> i don't know if it's desperation. it seems like poor judgment. i don't think that's a hair you want to split especially if what you're trying to do is apologize. it sounds like he's trying to justify it in some way and it does bring up the question of what does he mean by lie. he means breaking the law. it's not that he didn't lie about it. certainly his constituents didn't know about it. he's making the distinction that he didn't perjure himself where as clinton he says did. so i don't think that's -- i don't think you want to go there, so to speak. >> even his facts seem a little disjointed. it's apples and oranges. the clinton investigation ended. it ended ten years ago. the ensign investigation has not really even started. there's the possibility that he'll be put under oath by investigators who want to know if he paid off his mistress o
emily heil joins us from washington. is this a sign of desperation when someone whose parents gave $100,000 to his mistress is now trying to make some comparisons to bill clinton? >> i don't know if it's desperation. it seems like poor judgment. i don't think that's a hair you want to split especially if what you're trying to do is apologize. it sounds like he's trying to justify it in some way and it does bring up the question of what does he mean by lie. he means breaking the law. it's...
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it doesn't even faze us anymore, we're so used to these dishonest tactics. it is a wake-up call to independents and moderate republicans that these are the tactics being used. people are decent and intelligent. this is the sort of thing that really turns them off. >> those organizations in your district, obviously the naacp is a real organization, latino was impersonated. another real organization in your district. how mad are they? >> they are upset. obviously, anything like this, where someone is claiming your letterhead and claiming your position is outrageous. they also did i think jaba, jefferson area board for the aging, which is one of these great service organizations in our community that helps our seniors. and so for them to get dragged into something like this really is a blow to folks in the area. but it's also just a turn-off, again, to these sorts of corporate lobbying tactics. when genuinely decent people can disagree about health care and energy independence. we can have a conversation about it. we still have that sense of southern hospitalit
it doesn't even faze us anymore, we're so used to these dishonest tactics. it is a wake-up call to independents and moderate republicans that these are the tactics being used. people are decent and intelligent. this is the sort of thing that really turns them off. >> those organizations in your district, obviously the naacp is a real organization, latino was impersonated. another real organization in your district. how mad are they? >> they are upset. obviously, anything like this,...
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thanks for joining us. "hardball" with chris matthews is next. >> those who have been with me in the happiest days and the hardest days. together we have known success and seen setbacks. victory and defeat. but we have never lost our belief that we are all called to a better country and a newer world. thank you very much. >> teddy! teddy! teddy! >> thank you. >>> teddy. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in new york. ted kennedy was the last hur radio, the big baritone demanding justice for the out people -- african-americans, the old person, the immigrant family that wanted to be american. the sick, scared person waiting in the er for hours with something really wrong. why would a good looking rich guy spend his life worrying about the people left out? was it tribal member of his own people left out, sent away, told to go back where they came from. was it the old boston signs that said irish need not apply? what was it about health care who needed a crusade from him. was it because
thanks for joining us. "hardball" with chris matthews is next. >> those who have been with me in the happiest days and the hardest days. together we have known success and seen setbacks. victory and defeat. but we have never lost our belief that we are all called to a better country and a newer world. thank you very much. >> teddy! teddy! teddy! >> thank you. >>> teddy. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in new...
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causing us greater danger. no question about it. because what's happening is the more we fight in afghanistan, the more the conflict is pushed across the border into pakistan, the more we destable pakistan, the more likely it is that a fundamentalist government will take over the army, will be in charge or at least a couple offices, and have al qaeda-like groups with nuclear weapons. >> joining me now former cia field operative in the middle east, bob behr, also the author of "the devil we know, dealing with the new iranian super power." mr. baer, good to have you on "the ed show" tonight. what are we doing wrong in afghanistan? what should we be doing? >> you know, ed, we've got to be frank. this president was dealt a very, very bad hand. what we have now, we're in the middle of a civil war, an ethnic civil war, the poshtuns against the tazjiks. we've gone to nation building and afghanistan is the last place in the world you want to build a nation, especially a foreigner. >> we should ask the russians thou wor
causing us greater danger. no question about it. because what's happening is the more we fight in afghanistan, the more the conflict is pushed across the border into pakistan, the more we destable pakistan, the more likely it is that a fundamentalist government will take over the army, will be in charge or at least a couple offices, and have al qaeda-like groups with nuclear weapons. >> joining me now former cia field operative in the middle east, bob behr, also the author of "the...
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the pope urges young people to use the internet responsibly. joining us now is psychiatrist dr. gail saltz. thanks for joining us. >> it's a pleasure. >> is this an overreaction or a genuine reasonable concern not just for teenagers but for a lot of adulths who find friendship online? >> i think that the concern about this being the main form of communication for some people, for some people interpreting this as important relationships in their life, i think that is a valid concern. the concern about suicide, the problem is there's really no data to support, you know, that this actually causes suicides. there was a terrible case here, of course, and he's referring to a terrible case that happened in england. and teens are vulnerable. teens can suffer depression, and teens certainly in a depression the ending of what's perceived to be an important relationship to them can be a trigger for suicide. so i think that parents really do need to be really responsible about their teen being involved in the internet. they need to have an idea of what's going on, and they need to talk to t
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this against us. they don't fight pursuant to law. they don't fight pursuant to nation state or international treaty. they have no norms, and we do. >> so it's okay to torture people but it's not okay -- it's okay to torture people, that doesn't send a wrong message, but it's not okay to look back at officials who justified it? >> i didn't say that. i said our country has changed under this president, their tactics why i don't concede were legal under the bush administration, but it's their choice. if they chose to do that, that's fine, but don't look back and demonize members of the intelligence community -- >> brad, let's be clear -- >> and provide fodder to the democrats. >> let's be clear, no the one person is saying we should demonize our hard-working intelligence agents. everyone understands that they've got a very tough job and have a very tough job in front of them. however, when they he cexceed t legal guidelines they ought to be prosecuted. >> we have to leave it there. mo and brad, thank yo
this against us. they don't fight pursuant to law. they don't fight pursuant to nation state or international treaty. they have no norms, and we do. >> so it's okay to torture people but it's not okay -- it's okay to torture people, that doesn't send a wrong message, but it's not okay to look back at officials who justified it? >> i didn't say that. i said our country has changed under this president, their tactics why i don't concede were legal under the bush administration, but...
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joining us right now, evan coleman. i want to ask you about this but what do you think is going on at laguardia airport. you've got one guy with a bag wreaking this much havoc. what do you think they spotted to say, uh-oh, let's shut everything down and get everyone out. >> it could be that something this their bag has set off an alarm. maybe it's a piece of electronics. whatever it is, we want to make sure it's not a bomb. it's very frustrating to passengers especially on a weekend travel day but at the same time it's better to be safe than sorry. >> absolutely. but i think what it says is we have yet to have an incident. once the faa and homeland security and everything start clamping down on this, so the program is working. it's a nuisance, it's a bother, but things are being caught. >> hopefully. it's important to remember that al qaeda has tried setting off suit case bombs in u.s. airport, so the idea that someone might try to do this, bringing a device inside the airport, we saw it at l.a.x. a few years ago, a ran
joining us right now, evan coleman. i want to ask you about this but what do you think is going on at laguardia airport. you've got one guy with a bag wreaking this much havoc. what do you think they spotted to say, uh-oh, let's shut everything down and get everyone out. >> it could be that something this their bag has set off an alarm. maybe it's a piece of electronics. whatever it is, we want to make sure it's not a bomb. it's very frustrating to passengers especially on a weekend...
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mike smith joins us now on the phone from the scene. mike, what can you tell us? >> well, the scene is pretty much kind of calming down right now. i am just down the main street. i assume you're seeing the helicopter pictures? i'm near a barnes & noble that's lost part of its wall. i'm in a shopping center here that had been evacuated about 30 minutes ago because of a report of a gas leak, and there are people just kind of clearing out. a lot of people were pretty shocked they're telling me. it seemed the storm kind of came out of nowhere literally. a lot of people -- >> there wasn't necessarily warning for this then? people were caught by surprise? >> people were pretty much caught by surprise. one gentleman said that he was going -- trying to enter the barnes & noble. he had just parked in front and he said that it just started raining really hard. he felt his car sort of swivel around sort of, it was rocking and bucking, just really wild, and a piece of the wall of the store flew and dented his truck right by his door. he had his 12-year-old cousin in the backs
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for iraq now is being used for afghanistan. it is the language that's floated now to the other war. very interesting. >> absolutely. >>> developing right now nbc news has exclusive video that shows new mexico governor bill richardson in cuba. the governor touched down in havana yesterday for a one-week trade mission. his visit is also fueling speculation he may try to push u.s./cuba relations forward. in the past richardson has acted as a kind of diplomatic troubleshooter with nations like north korea. >>> up next, today's face-off on sarah palin promoting that bogus claim about death books for veterans. >>> plus a tv news anchor gets a very friendly visit from a dog, a shelter dog looking for a home, but had a little licking problem. this is the big picture on msnbc. get that woman a towel. reading about washington these days... i gotta ask, what's in it for me? i'm not looking for a bailout, just a good paying job. that's why i like this clean energy idea. now that works for our whole family. for the kids, a better environmen
for iraq now is being used for afghanistan. it is the language that's floated now to the other war. very interesting. >> absolutely. >>> developing right now nbc news has exclusive video that shows new mexico governor bill richardson in cuba. the governor touched down in havana yesterday for a one-week trade mission. his visit is also fueling speculation he may try to push u.s./cuba relations forward. in the past richardson has acted as a kind of diplomatic troubleshooter with...
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that's the world these folks operate in, and so it's going to be vital for us to use any means at our disposal basically to achieve our objective. >> well, there he is telling tim russert any means at our disposal. i must ask you first of all, bob, i assume the cia watches "meet the press." i'm going to ask the same question to tie leisure. i'm not kidding here. these are directions from the top. is it fair to say that an operative interrogating somebody might be listening to the vice president when he's doing his job or her job? >> chris, it wasn't just the vice president. this went right up the chain to the director of operations, to the director himself. they cannot claim they did not know what was going on. no cia officers i have ever worked with would willingly and gladly do this without directions. there should be accountability at the top. no question about it. >> were they getting it right there on television? >> and on television. i mean, and they knew they were pressing the law on this or going over the top on this. there's no question about it. this is not the way the cia w
that's the world these folks operate in, and so it's going to be vital for us to use any means at our disposal basically to achieve our objective. >> well, there he is telling tim russert any means at our disposal. i must ask you first of all, bob, i assume the cia watches "meet the press." i'm going to ask the same question to tie leisure. i'm not kidding here. these are directions from the top. is it fair to say that an operative interrogating somebody might be listening to...
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on other places you can use state aircraft or you can use air force one and reimburse the state or the nation. you can't do that in south carolina, there's no provision in our law for that. it's the cumulative effect. and again, i don't think that the flying business class, flying first-class, are things that would get him kicked out of office, even though our state law does prohibit those things. it's the question of how much adds up. and i don't think we're there at this point. but this is the first time where it seems to me like there legitimately are things that need to be investigated and that could land him in serious trouble, legally. >> what do you make of this, gene, because presidents don't have to reimburse anybody for anything. they have to pay for political trips. when they fly to some ranch in california or the western white house, wherever they set up their digs, they always charge the government for that. is this all tied into the fact that he had a girlfriend, or has a girlfriend in buenos aires, is this what this is really about? >> sure. cindi said sure. what's the c
on other places you can use state aircraft or you can use air force one and reimburse the state or the nation. you can't do that in south carolina, there's no provision in our law for that. it's the cumulative effect. and again, i don't think that the flying business class, flying first-class, are things that would get him kicked out of office, even though our state law does prohibit those things. it's the question of how much adds up. and i don't think we're there at this point. but this is...
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to get us off target, to get us away from dealing with this in a way. but i'm here to tell you that we have some strong people in this country, this is a great country. we have the talent and the skills that we can come together. we can come together and show the greatness of america by electing the first african-american as president of the united states. that's what speaks for america. not this. not the swastika and that's why we can't let the swastika or hate mail or any of this racial stuff that we're getting into us or congressmen getting death sentences or being -- we are not going to let that win and drown out the debate. and i think that when we get back in september after the town halls and they knew, this is not something that just popped up. these people knew when rush limbaugh says i don't want it to succeed, i want him to fail or senator demint says this is his waterloo, we can kill him, well, these are millions and millions of people listening to this. >> congressman scott, there are also some successful town meetings going on out there. i
to get us off target, to get us away from dealing with this in a way. but i'm here to tell you that we have some strong people in this country, this is a great country. we have the talent and the skills that we can come together. we can come together and show the greatness of america by electing the first african-american as president of the united states. that's what speaks for america. not this. not the swastika and that's why we can't let the swastika or hate mail or any of this racial stuff...
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tamron. >> that will do it for us. we have a facebook page, tamron hall and david shuster on facebook. check it out. >>> big bill. let's play "hardball." >> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. we're talking about bill clinton. leading off tonight, the return, that's the story tonight. the return of those two women journalists from north korea. certainly that, but here it is, and here's what's come. the return of bill clinton. that's the story that's going to emerge in the days and weeks and months ahead perhaps years ahead. it's really when you think about it the story of a man and a moment. four and a half months after they were arrested in north korea, two american journalists are back on american soil. and have got a former president to thank for it. laura ling and euna lee had an emotional and teary home coming with their families this morning at bob hope airport in burbank, california. right behind them was the former u.s. president who allowed it to happen. the north koreans made it clear the journali
tamron. >> that will do it for us. we have a facebook page, tamron hall and david shuster on facebook. check it out. >>> big bill. let's play "hardball." >> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. we're talking about bill clinton. leading off tonight, the return, that's the story tonight. the return of those two women journalists from north korea. certainly that, but here it is, and here's what's come. the return of bill clinton. that's the story that's...
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i'll be using the 3g at&t laptopconnect card. he won't. so i can book travel plans faster, check my account balances faster. all on the go. i'm bill kurtis and i'm faster than andyoddick. (announcer) "switch to the nations fastest 3g network" "and get the at&t laptopconnect card for free". health care reform has proved to be a hard sell for president obama and the democrats, but what's really gumming up the health care debate? is it the complexity of the policy, philosophical differences across the political spectrum or the influence of special interests? let's put it to our panel. jonathan alter is a senior editor for "newsweek" and the author of "the defining moment, fdr's 100 days and the triumph of hope." chris frate is a reporter for politico, and kevin madden is a former senior adviser to mitt romney's presidential campaign and managing director of the glover park group. chris, what is going on here? are we seeing simply the philosophical end of the spectrum that mike enzi represents in the finance committee negotiations going up aga
i'll be using the 3g at&t laptopconnect card. he won't. so i can book travel plans faster, check my account balances faster. all on the go. i'm bill kurtis and i'm faster than andyoddick. (announcer) "switch to the nations fastest 3g network" "and get the at&t laptopconnect card for free". health care reform has proved to be a hard sell for president obama and the democrats, but what's really gumming up the health care debate? is it the complexity of the policy,...
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they want to use the power of the state to make the rest of us perfect in their eyes. the radical entered vilnius -- intervenists the want to put your family in a car too smart to hold them. and the people -- the recycling priests. they have a whole list of things that they want the government to enforce. their long -- their list is longer and slightly more tedious than leviticus. and what the government to enforce it. there are fines and and things behind their "to do" list. people can work together as long as we are stupid enough to keep putting tax money in the center of the table. if we keep putting tax dollars into the center of the table, they can get along. one for you, one for you, one for you. if, however, we say no more tax increases, no more ridiculous spending, and make it stick, and the amount of money in the center of that table begins to dwindle, and everyone around the left began still looking to each other, all little bit like those white but movies. -- lifeboat movies, trying to decide who to eat and had to throw overboard. the left is not made up of
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that's very useful. that shows basically where people are, how many people are out of jobs and worrying about it. i would also try to find some indicators that showed the number of people who have been out of work for six months or more. right now we have a record number, record pessage of americans who have been out of work for six months or more. they are going to run out of their unemployment insurance, even extended unemployment insurance, in september. that's a very important figure. and we've got to make sure that comes down as well. >> now, you're a veteran of the clinton health care wars 15 years ago. you were around in the '60s during the big protest explosions that broke out then. what do you make of -- >> i'm not that old, lawrence. >> i'm saying you were in high school when those protests were going on in the '60s. what do you think you're witnessing now? this does seem different to me, what's going on in these health care protests. what do you think? >> this is much more coordinated and orga
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to talk about him, those of us that knew him, with fondness and he will continue to tell us what to do. >> i want to bring pat buchanan into the conversation again. pat, what we are seeing in the live pictures, members of the congressional delegation from both sides of the aisle and what we heard last night were political foes talking about how much they loved senator ted kennedy. his politics and his friendships didn't differentiate between parties, for sure. we saw that in some real genuine stories about how he dealt with people in a human level. >> well, mika, that's right. as i said, senator kennedy, frankly, back in 1968 after his brother, robert, was assassinated was not a controversial figure. he was a well-liked kennedy. he had a -- big gregarious fell oh wonderful smile. he had not become, if you will, the icon of american liberalism and the -- figure on the left that the conservatives made so much money off of by -- in fund-raising and things like that. but for those 50 years or 40 years after that, everybody who came in touch with him were finding out now and everybody wh
to talk about him, those of us that knew him, with fondness and he will continue to tell us what to do. >> i want to bring pat buchanan into the conversation again. pat, what we are seeing in the live pictures, members of the congressional delegation from both sides of the aisle and what we heard last night were political foes talking about how much they loved senator ted kennedy. his politics and his friendships didn't differentiate between parties, for sure. we saw that in some real...
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thanks for joining us. you've reported a lot on the relationship between ted kennedy and barack obama. as we look back, what stands out about the most about '0 and that relationship. >> a couple things. first of all is simply the significance of the kennedy endorsements of barack obama. it came as you all noted just after the south carolina primary, the mostdy veesive of all the primaries during the long battle between hillary clinton and barack obama. there were very difficult and angry phone calls between ted kennedy and bill clinton about the endorsement process. in the end, kennedy decided that barack obama would offer the country the kind of hope, change, and possibility of moving to a new politics that he admired. he obviously felt he was in the tradition of his two late brothers, john and robert kennedy and so the moment of that endorsement provided barack obama with unbelievable energy around his candidacy, which i think was critical in sustaining him and carrying him to the nomination. >> and i gue
thanks for joining us. you've reported a lot on the relationship between ted kennedy and barack obama. as we look back, what stands out about the most about '0 and that relationship. >> a couple things. first of all is simply the significance of the kennedy endorsements of barack obama. it came as you all noted just after the south carolina primary, the mostdy veesive of all the primaries during the long battle between hillary clinton and barack obama. there were very difficult and angry...
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. >> roy sekoff and ron christie, thanks for joining us tonight. appreciate your time here on "the ed show." i'm ed schultz. msnbc will carry senator kennedy's memorial service live tonight. our special coverage starts at 6:00 p.m. "hardball" with chris matthews starts right now. you're watching the place for politics, msnbc. >>> irish wake. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in new york. it's not just a man who passed away this week but an era that's now passed. it's not the new frontier figures like jfk, jackie, the irish mafia, kennow o'donney o'd lyndon johnson, it's the generation of massachusetts politician who is came later, tip o'neill and gary studs and top insiders like kirk o'donnell, and leo deal. they're all gone, and now eunice and teddy. the obituary page, the irish sports page. this year the traffic has been brisk, and not just in the political world. so what we're seeing right now is a victory not of violence or disease, but of time and change. the end of an era. the question is what is coming in to replace
. >> roy sekoff and ron christie, thanks for joining us tonight. appreciate your time here on "the ed show." i'm ed schultz. msnbc will carry senator kennedy's memorial service live tonight. our special coverage starts at 6:00 p.m. "hardball" with chris matthews starts right now. you're watching the place for politics, msnbc. >>> irish wake. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in new york. it's not just a man who...
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thank you both for joining us. i want melinda and chris to take a look at secretary of state hillary clinton and what she had to say when someone asked her what her husband thought about a matter involving congolese and chinese trade relations. let's listen. >> what does mr. clinton think through the mouth of mrs. clinton and what does mr. mutombo think on this situation? thank you very much. >> wait, you want me to tell what you my husband thinks? my husband is not the secretary of state. i am. so you ask my opinion, i will tell you my opinion. i'm not going to be channeling my husband. >> melinda, your thoughts on that performance? i thought it was very american myself, but let's hear your thoughts. >> it was refreshingly honest. it was obviously from the gut. but also shockingly insecure. i mean, her husband has been reduced to photo-ops with dictators and errands usually run by jimmy carter or jesse jackson. i was surprised she came off as so threatened. >> maybe because she's busting her butt to do something r
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us montana. senator, the dream that would never die included passing health reform. what is the likelihood of having that happen? you've been involved in all the key negotiations. >> ironically, i think the spirit and passion of ted's will be even stronger now. his passing is unfortunate but i think that's the case. i've never known a more effective legislator. i think ted kennedy is the great aent most effective legislator in modern american times. he was so passionate and worked so hard, a gifted speaker but then he would sit down and work out an agreement and compromise. and realize, okay. there was two sides of this. let's figure out how to get this passed. and the personal touch. we all know personal stories of ted and a very small one in my case, i was home one night and my mother was there and ted and my mother got the into this long, wonderful conversation and pretty soon became good pen pals. ted would write thank you notes to people. in this internet age nobody writes thank you notes bu
us montana. senator, the dream that would never die included passing health reform. what is the likelihood of having that happen? you've been involved in all the key negotiations. >> ironically, i think the spirit and passion of ted's will be even stronger now. his passing is unfortunate but i think that's the case. i've never known a more effective legislator. i think ted kennedy is the great aent most effective legislator in modern american times. he was so passionate and worked so...
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us. and throughout his beloved boston, edward moore kennedy is remembered. his singular career assessed and calculated and he mourned in 100 million hearts and more. >> his extraordinary life on this earth has come to an end. an extraordinary -- and the extraordinary good delives on. >> to paraphrase shakespeare, i don't think we shall ever see his like again. >> with brian williams in hyannis port where news breaks that massachusetts may change its laws to enable the appointment of a successor. mike barnicle on his friend teddy. ken burns on the last great speech in denver exactly one year before his death. lawrence o'donnell on the meaning of the lion of the senate. michael on the man history should judge as the greatest of the kennedys. and senator bernie sanders on how his passing will affect the lion's final quest and how it will affect a new president's pledge. i promised teddy. >> this is the cause of my life. new hope that we will break the old gridlock and guarantee that every am
us. and throughout his beloved boston, edward moore kennedy is remembered. his singular career assessed and calculated and he mourned in 100 million hearts and more. >> his extraordinary life on this earth has come to an end. an extraordinary -- and the extraordinary good delives on. >> to paraphrase shakespeare, i don't think we shall ever see his like again. >> with brian williams in hyannis port where news breaks that massachusetts may change its laws to enable the...
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they told us they had timed out. we just sat there and waited until we got into the airport at 6:30 that morning. >> is it true there was one toilet on the plane that did not work? >> yes. i know that i had to go to use the rest room at approximately 4:30, and when i went into the rest room, it did not flush. >> in the scheme of awful things, how does this rate? >> it was a horrible ride. and every time my mom had to get up, i was just uncomfortable. my mom, when she would go to the back of the plane, i would lay down. when she would come back, i would say, ahhh, and it was very uncomfortable. >> i am with you, i would not have been a happy passenger myself. >> and the director of an organization called flyersrights.org. what are the rights for anybody that finds themselves on a plane like this? >> they have less rights than a prisoner of war in the geneva convention. they don't have to provide you with any human needs by law. there is no law they broke. >> you can hold anybody for weeks at a time, and not feed you o
they told us they had timed out. we just sat there and waited until we got into the airport at 6:30 that morning. >> is it true there was one toilet on the plane that did not work? >> yes. i know that i had to go to use the rest room at approximately 4:30, and when i went into the rest room, it did not flush. >> in the scheme of awful things, how does this rate? >> it was a horrible ride. and every time my mom had to get up, i was just uncomfortable. my mom, when she...
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possible for us. in a sense, we each must hold ourselves as accountable for our lives as private ryan held himself accountable for his life. many died to save him, and many more sacrificed and died for us, for our liberties. will we one day be able to say that we have earned what they gave us? i congratulate each of these young s.a. winners, and i thank each of you for being here this evening to also congratulate them. i will take your questions. thank you. [applause] >> justice thomas, thank you for that speech. it was refreshing, personal, and insightful. now, we will go to the face of the evening wear some of the young contest winners will have questions read to justice thomas. let me just say before we go to that, i have a question for you, justice thomas. i understand you are on the supreme court. [laughter] can you handle parking tickets? >> yes, i pay them. >> alright. [applause] [laughter] ladies and gentlemen, tonight's winners -- and suzy asked if we submitted their questions -- as you heard
possible for us. in a sense, we each must hold ourselves as accountable for our lives as private ryan held himself accountable for his life. many died to save him, and many more sacrificed and died for us, for our liberties. will we one day be able to say that we have earned what they gave us? i congratulate each of these young s.a. winners, and i thank each of you for being here this evening to also congratulate them. i will take your questions. thank you. [applause] >> justice thomas,...
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the chaplain: let us pray. eternal god, we're grateful for your mercies renewed every morning and for your faithfulness every night. as the dew refreshes the earth morning by morning, let your spirit restore the faith and energy of our lawmakers. give them the discernment to understand the challenges of our times and the wisdom to devise ways to meet them. lord, keep them open and alert to your providential leading, as you guide them to a destination that will bring glory to your name. may the collective talents of our senators be mobilized in the awesome task of building a better nation and world. make their hands ready to lift burdens and their hearts eager to respond in service to humanity. we pray in your great name. amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the presiding officer: the
the chaplain: let us pray. eternal god, we're grateful for your mercies renewed every morning and for your faithfulness every night. as the dew refreshes the earth morning by morning, let your spirit restore the faith and energy of our lawmakers. give them the discernment to understand the challenges of our times and the wisdom to devise ways to meet them. lord, keep them open and alert to your providential leading, as you guide them to a destination that will bring glory to your name. may the...
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trying to help us save some money. coming right back in just a few moments with who's giving away tens of millions of dollars to schools across the country. the story is next after this is "today" on nbc. >>> now to an anonymous donor who's making it possible for a number of students to afford a college education. nbc's kevin tibbles has more on the man of mystery, or woman. >> reporter: there's a whodunit on college campuses across the country. >> i really don't know who it is. >> none of us know who this is. >> everyone's curious. and rightfully so. >> the gift is in the amount of -- >> reporter: in the last few months, an anonymous donor has given away millions of dollars for scholarships. but there's a catch -- it's top secret. not even the schools themselves can know who the mystery benefactor is. it all starts with a phone call, usually from a bank, then a cashier's check or money order arrives in the mail. along with specific instructions. >> this gift is for the purpose of providing financial assistance to wome
trying to help us save some money. coming right back in just a few moments with who's giving away tens of millions of dollars to schools across the country. the story is next after this is "today" on nbc. >>> now to an anonymous donor who's making it possible for a number of students to afford a college education. nbc's kevin tibbles has more on the man of mystery, or woman. >> reporter: there's a whodunit on college campuses across the country. >> i really don't...
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from us. the blessing of time to say thank you and good-bye. the outpouring of love, gratitude, and fond memories to which we've all bourn witness is a testament to which this single figure in american history touched so much lives. his ideas and ideals are stamped on scores of laws and reflected in millions of lives. and seniors who know new dignity and families that know new opportunity, in children who know education's promise, and in all who can pursue their dream in an america that is more equal and more just, including myself. the kennedy name is synonymous with the democratic party and, at tiles, ted was the target of partisan campaign attacks, but in the united states senate, i can think of no one who engendered greater respect or affection from members of both sides of the aisle. the seriousness and purpose was perpetually matched by humility, warmth, and good cheer. he passionately could battle others and do so purelessly on the senate floor for the causes that he held dear and, yet,
from us. the blessing of time to say thank you and good-bye. the outpouring of love, gratitude, and fond memories to which we've all bourn witness is a testament to which this single figure in american history touched so much lives. his ideas and ideals are stamped on scores of laws and reflected in millions of lives. and seniors who know new dignity and families that know new opportunity, in children who know education's promise, and in all who can pursue their dream in an america that is more...